If you have not yet cottoned on to the latest craze of zucchini pasta,then this blog may help you jump on board.

What is zucchini pasta? Imagine eating your favorite pasta dish such as spaghetti bolognese - but the spaghetti is replaced with zucchini spirals - which has a very similar consistency to spaghetti. The benefits include - it is much more nutritious then pasta, better for your waist line AND it is delicious! Truly! To my delight - even my husband loves it! :)

This is also great way to trick your children into eating more veggies. You can even spiral carrots and include with your zucchini pasta - to add some colour into the meals.

So - how do you create zucchini pasta? There are a number of kitchen gadgets that will spiral zucchini as well as other vegetables. Yet we have found a hand-held niftyspiral vegetable slicerthat is very easy to use and is very compact - so it fits into a standard kitchen drawer. Check out the Zucchini Pasta with Garlic Pesto recipe.

You can also replace noodles with zucchini spirals, otherwise known as "zoodles". If you like cooking / eating Asian stir fry dishes - you will love the added benefits of zoodles.